Cardioembolic but Not Other Stroke Subtypes Predict Mortality Independent of Stroke Severity at Presentation

Table 3

Risk ratios of mortality.

Factors	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
included	RR (95% CI)		RR (95% CI)		RR (95% CI)
		𝑃 value		𝑃 value		𝑃 value
TOAST
LAD	3.5 (1.2–10.4)	𝑃=0.027	4.0 (1.3–11.9)	𝑃=0.014	2.1 (0.7–6.4)	𝑃=0.18
CE	9.4 (3.4–25.9)	𝑃<0.001	7.8 (2.8–21.4)	𝑃<0.001	3.4 (1.2–9.6)	𝑃=0.020
SAD	Reference		Reference		Reference	Reference
Other	3.1 (0.7–13.9)	𝑃=0.14	9.0 (2.0–41.3)	𝑃=0.005	4.7 (1.0–21.6)	𝑃=0.05
Cryptogenic	18.9 (2.2–17.1)	𝑃<0.001	5.9 (2.1–16.3)	𝑃<0.001	2.5 (0.9–7.0)	𝑃=0.094
Female	n/a		0.9 (0.6–1.3)	𝑃=0.48	n/a
Age*	n/a		1.8 (1.5–2.2)	𝑃<0.001	1.6 (1.3–1.9)	𝑃<0.001
Ln(NIHSS)**	n/a		n/a		3.6 (2.8–4.7)	𝑃<0.001

*Risk ratio per 10 year increase in age.
**Risk per a doubling in NIHSS score.